12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM - Campus Ministries Noontime Conversation"What it means to teach and work, live and learn at Augustana as a Lutheran College"Grab your lunch in the dining room or bring your own lunch bag. Chaplains Richard Priggie and Kristen Glass-Perez, along with Jason Mahn lead a meaningful conversation about "Hospitality"Gävle Room (Multipurpose Room 3), Center for Student Life

7:30 - 9:00 PM - A Foreign Correspondent in the Mediterranean: from Franco to the Euro, presented by John HooperBoard Room, College Center, 3rd floor

7:30 PM - The Marriage of Figaro, a comedy in five acts directed by Jennifer PoppleTickets are $11 for general public and $9 for senior citizens, students and Augustana faculty/staffPotter Theatre, Bergendoff Hall

Saturday, October 19

7:30 - 9:00 PM - John Deere Planetarium Open HouseFree admissionThe Fryxell Geology Museum, which features one of the best collections of minerals and fossils in the Midwest, will also be open to the public.820 38th Street, Rock Island, IL

7:30 PM - The Marriage of Figaro, a comedy in five acts directed by Jennifer PoppleTickets are $11 for general public and $9 for senior citizens, students and Augustana faculty/staffPotter Theatre, Bergendoff Hall

1:30 PM - The Marriage of Figaro, a comedy in five acts directed by Jennifer PoppleTickets are $11 for general public and $9 for senior citizens, students and Augustana faculty/staffPotter Theatre, Bergendoff Hall

Volume 12, Issue 8 - October 14, 2013

This Week's Message

All of us who planned the Fall Symposium Day would like to again thank everyone who actually made it happen: Presenters and all the behind-the-scenes folk who produced the promotional material, scheduled and prepared rooms, provided the food, and so much more. As a newcomer to campus, I found the Symposium Day an exhilarating event. Of course, the series of events is still new for the campus too and Symposium is still early in its evolutionary development.

An event that gets all of us out of our classes and daily routines to hear and see what others are doing, how they're addressing big questions and issues and the impact they're having -i.e., seeing a residential liberal arts campus in action-is a rare opportunity. Yet it is also a disruption of our daily routines and, perhaps, individual classes. Participation this Fall was great. But, not everyone participates. That's not surprising and I'd fear anything that provided a strong enough incentive to make everyone take part. Yet, we want to make sure the Symposium events serve the campus, reach as broad an audience as possible, and remain a vibrant learning opportunity.

So, if you didn't take part, what are some changes that might make the difference?

If you did take part and were disappointed, what would change your view?

Your feedback will help us improve the upcoming events-and such input has already been important for shaping the events up to now. (And you can still respond to the Google survey.) We'll spend some time at the upcoming Friday conversation (Oct. 18) to do a post-mortem (with data!) on the Fall Symposium.

But enough about the last Symposium-- what about the next? Members of the planning committee for the Winter Symposium will be on hand at the Oct. 18 Friday Conversation to introduce the sub-themes and ideas for the Winter Symposium, that occurs on Martin Luther King Day, Monday Jan. 20, and has the umbrella theme of Social Justice. The day will also be part of the visit by Robert Quinn, Director of Scholars at Risk and our Woodrow Wilson fellow for this year.